| Armed Ghost appears to Horatio & the guard | Act 1 Scene 1[Exposition] |
| Kings opening speech | Act 1 scene 2 (1) |
| Laertes to return to France | Act 1 Scene 2 (2) |
| Hamlet to stay in Denmark | Act 1 Scene 2 (3) |
| Hamlet’s first soliloquy | Act 1 Scene 2 (4) |
| Polonius gives advice to his son, Laertes; and forbids Ophelia to see Hamlet | Act 1 Scene 3 |
| Ghost Appears to Hamlet | Act 1 Scene 4 {Exciting Force} |
| Ghost directs Hamlet to avenge his father’s death | Act 1 Scene 5 |
| Polonius directs Reynaldo to spy on Laertes in France | Act 2 Scene 1 (1) [Rising Action] |
| Polonius concludes that Hamlet’s madness is due to his love for Ophelia | Act 2 Scene 1 (2) |
| King directs R&G to spy on Hamlet | Act 2 Scene 2 (1) |
| Polonius showing King and Queen Hamlet’s love letter to Ophelia | Act 2 Scene 2 (2) |
| Hamlet discovers the real reason why R&G are in Denmark | Act 2 Scene 2 (3) |
| Hamlet to be or not to be speech | Act 3 Scene 1 (1) |
| Hamlet tells Ophelia to get thee to a nunnery | Act 3 Scene 1 (2) |
| Hamlet talks to actorsMurder of Gonzago play is performed | Act 3 Scene 2 (1) |
| Claudius orders R&G to take Hamlet to England immediately | Act 3 Scene 3 (1) |
| Polonius tells Claudius his plans to spy on Hamlet’s conversation with Gertrude | Act 3 Scene 3 (2) |
| Claudius admits to murder King Hamlet | Act 3 Scene 3 (3) |
| Hamlets draws sword but does not attempt to kill Claudius while the King is praying | Act 3 Scene 3 (4)[Climax] |
| Hamlet kills Polonius | Act 3 Scene 4 (1) |
| Hamlet meets with queen | Act 3 Scene 4 (2) |
| Ghost re appears to Hamlet | Act 3 Scene 4 (3) |
| Gertrude reports Polonius’s death to Claudius who sends R&G to find Hamlet and recover the body | Act 4 Scene 1 [Falling Action] |
| Hamlet refuses to tell R&G where he has put Polonius’s body | Act 4 Scene 2 |
| Hamlet is brought to Claudius. Told to leave immediately for England; being sent to his death | Act 4 Scene 3 |
| Fortinbras and his army march across Hamlet’s path on their way to Poland. | Act 4 Scene 4 (1) |
| Hamlet last soliloquy | Act 4 Scene 4 (2) |
| Ophelia is mad, enters singing about death and betrayal | Act 4 Scene 5 (1) |
| Laertes returns from France | Act 4 Scene 5 (2) |
| Horatio is given a letter from Hamlet telling of the prince’s boarding of a pirate ship and his subsequent return to Denmark | Act 4 Scene 6 |
| Claudius conversation with Laertes | Act 4 Scene 7 (1) |
| Claudius receives letter from Hamlet announcing the prince’s return | Act 4 Scene 7 (2) |
| Laertes agrees to kill Hamlet with a poisoned rapier in a fencing match. If he fails Claudius will give Hamlet a poisoned cup of wine | Act 4 Scene 7 (3) |
| Gertrude announces that Ophelia has drowned | Act 4 Scene 7 (4) |
| Hamlet returns meets with Horatio at Gravedigger scene | Act 5 Scene 1 (1) |
| Ophelia funeral, Laertes and Hamlet fight | Act 5 Scene 1 (2) |
| Hamlet tells Horatio he flipped the script and got R&G killed | Act 5 Scene 2 (1) |
| Osric asks Hamlet to fence with Laertes. Hamlet agrees | Act 5 Scene 2 (2) |
| 1. Gertrude dies (via poisoned cup)2. Claudius Dies (via Hamlet)3. Laertes die (via Hamlet)4. Hamlet dies (via Laertes) | Act 5 Scene 2 (1)[Catastrophe] |
| Fortinbras heir to Danish thrown | Act 5 Scene 2 (2) |
Hamlet Chronological Order
July 24, 2019